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Tamper-evident spice can lid

  • US 4,463,869 A
  • Filed: 08/04/1983
  • Issued: 08/07/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A thermoplastic tamper-evident dispensing lid having a resealable cover thereon, for closing a container having a rim about the mouth thereof, the lid comprising:

  • a top wall portion having inner and outer integral downwardly depending spaced skirts about the periphery thereof, and engaging means on at least one of the skirts to frictionally engage the rim of the container to lock the lid to the container when the rim is placed between said skirts;

    the top wall portion having an upper surface and a recess therein forming rear, side and front walls about the recess, and a dispensing aperture within the recessed portion;

    a resealable cover integrally hinged adjacent the rear wall of said recess, the top surface of the cover being no higher than the upper surface of top wall portion of the lid when the cover is in closed position;

    a depending locking lip on the cover engageable with a wall of the aperture in the recess to lock the cover in closed position and seal the aperture;

    the cover having a flap at the front portion thereof, the flap being integrally hinged, at the rear portion thereof with the cover and frangibly secured, along the side portions thereof, with the cover; and

    a gap in the front wall of said recess, adjacent said flap, providing access to said flap when the cover is in closed position.

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